Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-08-11

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would have had delegation Of friends
running around al night importuning the
night editors TO jus, leave that little matte,
out Of print"
There are some curious people in this
world There are some curious customs
too and many hHmbugs.
Among the institutions II the world
which ] would class a. the most consumAfe
piece Of humbugery i the grand jury
system
l think hear some one say crank
Well ifyou can point out 10 me in what
way grand jury is Of any use, then am
willing for you 20 call me not only 9 crank
but down right fool. II is said 20 be one
Of the bulwarks Of liberty, one Of the es-
sentiAl principles Of civilization and free
| government
That's all Q mistake.
There is nothing more tyranical and
directly opposed 70 free government that
an ex-parte body. Men are indicted by
grand juries, every day, on the evidence Of
pe1uries, for spite merely. Those who
cannot furnish bail are cast into prison
and remain there for weeks and months,
then they are brought 10 trial and acquit-
ed. If they could have told their side Of
the story and produced their witnesses the
indictments would not have been found.
II may be argued that the body i secret and
ex-parte inOrder 10 protect innocent men.
What does an innocent man want % be
protected from, say throw away the grand
jury and establish police courts, where a
man accused Of a crime can get hearing
the next day If he wants il, either before
jury or judge
| have very little confidence in juries
anyhow whether grand or petit. The
former like the deStraint law has come
down 10 u among other semi barbarous
institutions and the latter is nine times out
Of ten perverted from its channel # use
fulness by prejudice or personal partiality.
The political pot, locally. is still simmer
ing. It is pretty well settled that Gen. F.
c. Latrobe will be the next ma or, and
that Chas. G. Kerr, will be his own sue
cessor for States Attorney. candidates for
the council are looming up slowly Ike
Sanner, police magistrate, who by the way
il 8 defendant Of one Of the old Sanner
families 4 St Mary's, Is prominently
spoken Of a. the next sheriff He will
make q god one. How the present in
cumbent managed o. get there i "ne Il the
unexplainAble mysteries
Mayor Hodyrs i IF At Naragans,tt Pier
taking a r,=st preparatory 10 going back 70
work in his counting room for the balance
# his life
Handsome" George My president Of
the first branch Of the Council took charge
Il the chair for two days and then he slip
ped up q Deer Park and left Tim Malonev.
President II the second branch - hold the
reins- Tim has grown two inches and the
stop in his shoulders has entirely disap-
peared since ne has been exofficer Mayor
John +. Ching, republican candidate f7r
Sheriff in your county Wa here one day
last week. He had crowd around him
al the time some one asked him If he
was going q take them - II Marys -
vote He was very much afraid
that ~on, reporter would hear him talking
about how 81 Mays would q republican
, ~ = big majority. don't think be really
thought the county would 20 that way
And don't believe it will l. ought not
ID, and il YOU democrats will al put Your
shoulders % the wheel and push together
it wont
Among the good people from St. Mays
vho paid our bot town q visit last week
We're J. II. Hone OK, Geo. W. Lyon. VIM
O. ReeieE, Webster Hayden, James u.
Spalding. Geo. W. Goddard. Daniel ].
Payne, K L Lacey. c. W. Good. L y.
Redmond, Alexander HAmmett. J. V.
Mckay, Edgar RAley, Geo W. WEIGH. r
II. Garner. Richard VI Abel. and VIM.
Frank Ford.
DR.. Joseph A Baden formerly Of your
county after patiently waiting for tha; end
for several years has worked into i splend-
81 practice here. and is low regarded a.
one of the ablest and most successful
physicians in the city The tobacco
market i fairly active and prices are
satisfactory.
SAN0HT.